Abatie v. Alta Health & Life Ins. Co.

458 F.3d 955 Karla H. ABATIE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALTA HEALTH & LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, f/k/a Anthem Home Life Insurance Company, f/k/a Home Life Financial Assurance Company, Defendant-Appellee. No. 03-55601. D.C. No. CV-01-06699-JFW. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted En Banc March 23, 2006. Filed August 15, 2006. Daniel Feinberg, Cassie Springer-Sullivan, Lewis, Feinberg, Renaker & Jackson, P.C., Oakland, California; Craig Price, Griffith & Thornburgh, Santa Barbara, California, for the plaintiff-appellant. R. Daniel Lindahl, Bullivant Houser Bailey, Portland, Oregon; Waldemar J. Pflepsen, Jr., Jorden Burt LLP, Washington, D.C., for the defendant-appellee. Jay E. Sushelsky, AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, D.C.; John Will Ongman, Barnes & Thornburg, LLP, Washington, D.C., for the amici curiae. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California John F. Walter, District Judge, Presiding. Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Chief Judge, and Alex Kozinski, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Pamela Ann Rymer, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, Barry G. Silverman, Susan P. Graber, M. Margaret McKeown,…